2008-03-27_REPORT - C1982057 (4)

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Table 1. Cover Data - 2003 Reclamation Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2007 PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover' ---Sample Number--- 1 2 3 4 5 Page 4 of 4 R 7 NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Achnatherum nelsonii 1 P P (1) Bromelica bulbosa p Ceratochloa polyantha 3 (1) 6 6 3 1 1 Critesion jubatum 1 Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans P Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya P 1 1 6 2 9 Elymus trachycaulus 3(1) 6 9 20 P 7 14(1) Festucasaximontana 2 1 1 2 3(1) 3 Leymus cinereus P p p Nassella viridula P 1 1 Pascopyrum smithii 1 3 1 7 1 Poa agassizensis 9(1) 9 P 6 1 7 Poa ampla 2 P 1 1 3(1) P Poa compressa P 1 P P 4 Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata P 1 P TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 19(2) 18(1) 22 37 13 24(2) 39(2) INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Agropyron desertorum P P Agrostis exarata P Alopecurus pratensis 4 Bromopsis inermis P p Dactylis glomerata 3 3 P (1) 1 7 2(1) Festuca ovina P P P Thinopyrum intermedium 1 TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 3 3 4 (1) 1 8 2(1) NATIVE SHRUBS Amelanchier alnifolia P p Chrysothamnus nauseosus P Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P Quercus gambelii _ P Seriphidium tridentatum P 4 P P P Symphoricarpos rotundifolius P P P TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS P 4 P P P --- P BRYOPHYTES Moss 2 1 1 TOTAL BRYOPHYTES 2 1 --- --- 1 --- --- Standing dead 1 2 1 1 Litter 20 30 26 22 18 27 26 Bare soil 32 29 32 35 37 33 27 Rock 2 4 12 1 TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 45(5) 37(2) 40 43(1) 32(2) 39(2) 46(4) GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 68(5) 71(2) 68 65(1) 63(2) 67(2) 73(4) SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 43 41 34 29 46 32 33 (AVERAGE= 36.9 Std.Dev.= 6.4) 'P.Present within one m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. ()=Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.